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Valerie Jerome

Full name: Valerie Jerome (-Parker)
Gender: Female
Height: 5'9" (176 cm)
Weight: 128 lbs (58 kg)
Born: April 28, 1944 in Saint Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
Affiliations: North Vancouver
Country: CAN Canada
Sport: Athletics

Related Olympians: Granddaughter of Army Howard; Sister of Harry Jerome.

Biography

Valerie Jerome had the following podium finishes at major championships: 3rd in the 1959 Pan American Games 4×100 metres Relay (with Sally McCallum, Maureen Rever, and the non-Olympian Heather Campbell). Jerome also finished seventh in the 1959 Pan American Games long jump.

Personal Best: 100 – 11.8 (1960).

Results

Games Age City Sport Event Team NOC Rank Medal
1960 Summer 16 Roma Athletics Women's 100 metres Canada CAN 5 h4 r2/4
1960 Summer 16 Roma Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay Canada CAN 5 h1 r1/2

Women's 100 metres

Event History
Games Age City Sport Country Phase Unit Rank T(H) T(A)
1960 Summer 16 Roma Athletics Canada Quarter-Finals Heat Four 5 12.4 12.50
1960 Summer 16 Roma Athletics Canada Round One Heat Five 4 QU 12.5 12.58

Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay

Event History
Games Age City Sport Team NOC Phase Unit Rank T(H) T(A)
1960 Summer 16 Roma Athletics Canada CAN Round One Heat One 5 47.9 48.05